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Received: 17 January 2019

Accepted: 15 May 2019

First Online: 13 June 2019

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: Ethical approval was gained from the University of Huddersfield, School of Human and Health Sciences Research and Enterprise Committee. Attention was given to informed consent, anonymity and confidentiality. Bearing in mind the participants’ self-identified “service user/carer” status, emotional and physical safety through the training and gathering of data was of particular importance.Participant consent was obtained prior to the first training session.

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